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[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Following on from the discussions of what we are 'supposed to like', I thought I would pose the question: How open are you about your pop fandom to your friends? And how about new people you meet?

This was also triggered by thinking about music lists on sites like MySpace and Facebook. The artists I list on there are all ones I like, but there are some big emissions - Bodies Without Organs, Backstreet Boys, Darren Hayes. Some of my all time favourites but there is no mention of them on my MySpace or Facebook. When you're filling out these things you have to think of every person who might see it, and even though I am confident enough in my poptasticness to say that I like pop music, I prefer to list the lesser known poppy bands (such as Robyn and Margaret Berger), or the slightly more critically acclaimed ones (Patrick Wolf or The Pipettes, for eg). How do those of you who use these sites deal with this issue? Do you think anyone is completely honest?

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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There is definitely a group of people who genuinely feel Pete Doherty is cool, but the actual hardcore of people who do is fairly small, probably no bigger than the hardcore of ppl who thought Richey Manic (eg) was cool.

There's also a larger group of people who don't know or care who is cool or not and assume Pete Doherty is considered cool by the people who DO care. This is because the tabloids are hugely interested in Doherty, and their excuse for their voyeuristic coverage of his addiction/decline/occasional rally is that he is a Role Model, and if he isn't a Role Model who The Kids think is Cool then their moral case collapses a bit. So they constantly stress that he is cool.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

I don't mean that my friends actually like Babyshambles, I think all but one or two would rather hear GA, but when asked which was cooler I think they'd interpret the question as "who is portrayed as cooler in the media?" or "who has the cooler reputation?" and they'd probably say Babyshambles, even though most dislike the band. Perhaps I'll have to test it out and ask a few!